Paul Hastings was founded in
Los Angeles in 1951 by Lee Paul, Robert Hastings, and Leonard Janofsky. Its largest office is in New York, with additional offices elsewhere in the United States and throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America. As of October 2022, the chairman of the firm is Frank Lopez. Over the last two decades, the firm more than tripled its profits per partner to become one of the largest law firms in the world. In October 2021, the firm announced that Mr. Zachary would step down as chair in October 2022. Frank Lopez, co-head of the firm's securities and capital markets practice and partner in the firm's leveraged finance practice in New York, was voted chair-elect effective October 2021. Washington, D.C.–based Sherrese Smith, vice chair of the firm's data privacy and cybersecurity practice and partner in the firm's media, technology and telecommunications practice, was elected managing partner. == Notable current or former attorneys ==